Showing posts with label industry. Show all posts
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Brazilian unique fashion

Brazil is one of the developing countries of current world. Their fashion history is very rich. For many, Brazil’s body culture, eternal summer, and supermodels — not to mention its successful bids to host both the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games — make it the sexiest of all the BRIC countries. But data released in February by Brazil’s official statistics bureau revealed that the country’s GDP grew by just 2.7 percent in 2011, a dramatic reversal compared to the 7.5 percent surge registered in 2010. Economists attributed the slowdown to the dramatic appreciation of the Brazilian real, which has increased in value by about 40 percent since the depths of the financial crisis in 2009. This combined with soaring business costs and a byzantine system of import duties make Brazil a difficult market to navigate for international luxury fashion brands. But still, Prada, Gucci, Bottega Veneta, DVF and Chanel have all recently launched stores in the country. Today, we go behind the headlines and speak with three powerful women with intimate knowledge of Brazil’s fast-changing fashion terrain.Most international fashion schools around the world conduct their lectures in English.International businesses around the world use English too. Being good in English can also help you read many informative fashion books to guide you along the way. Having fluency in this language will definitely benefit you as a future fashion designer.
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This is probably the toughest of the three requirements to build. Your portfolio will prove your capability to conceptualize, draw and design. It shows the skills your overall ability and potential as a designer. Portfolios that display good designs and those with assignments done for real companies will give you good entry opportunities. To get started, read up as much as you can about fashion. Go online, search through libraries and talk to friends who know something about fashion. Brazil Butt Lift or you can read my tutorial on how to build a fashion design portfolio. Once you have designed around three or five pieces for your portfolio and assembled it together, send the soft copy to the schools of your choice and apply for your dream course! Impression Showroom is a showroom located in the center of the Garment District in New York City. It opened in 2005 and its focus is to introduce Brazilian brands in the American fashion market through public relations events and media placements and consequently, sales. It occupies a floor on the corner of 39th Street and 8th Avenue and the collections are divided in two different areas: accessories which is formed by shoes, handbags and jewelry and fashion, which includes bikinis and clothes. The showroom started with two Brazilian friends who were living in New York City and shared the love for fashion. They knew some Brazilian companies that wanted to introduce their lines into the American fashion market and then they planned to initiate and also intermediate the relationship between these Brazilian lines and fashion buyers and press editors from the United States. The owners of Impression Showroom started by doing an extensive market research. Based on the analysis, selection and development of plans, they decided which brands they wanted to represent.
The showroom was primarily created to help the introduction of these brands to the market through public relations initiatives. Impression Showroom was opened in New York City mainly because of the convenience, considering that the owners lived in the city and secondly because New York City is a fashion capital. Over the years, Impression Showroom has established great relationships with influential buyers, fashion editors and stylists who have helped the showroom to create a lot of buzz about Brazilian brands in the media. The brands represented by the showroom are targeted to a high end consumer, so the showroom focus is to have its brands featured in magazines such as Vogue, Bazaar and Town and Country which are also targeted to high end customers. More recently, the name of one of the designer that the showroom represents was mentioned in an episode of Gossip Girl which created a buzz and helped the showroom to increase sales. The majority of the brands the showroom works with are sold in such stores as Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman. Over the last two years, the showroom has been working more intensely with Brazilian swimwear designers. Impression Showroom increased its focus in swimwear after the analysis of some important facts related to the industry. Studies conducted in 2006, showed that the American swimwear retail market would rise from U$ 12.00 billion to U$ 13.51 billion by 2012.[2] In addition, they observed a large growth in imported swimwear in the United States, which rose 78% from 358 million in 2001 to 638 million in 2006.[3] So, it became clear to Impression Showroom owners that some Brazilian swimwear lines had great potential to compete for a share of the American swimwear import market. Brazilians are known to be proud of their bikinis as much as Americans are proud of their jeans. The Adidas Originals is known for its exquisite footwear, sneakers, and trainers.
Brazilian model
The items popularly come in classic colors that are identified with the old and original Adidas shoes. Among the best sellers in this segment are the Universal black, ZX800, indoor tennis Mekhak/Chalk, Tobacco Trainers Musbro, and LA Trainer. As for the clothing items, Adidas offer sought-after tracksuit bottoms, tracksuit tops, t-shirts, hats, hoodies, sweatshirts, scarves bags, and fashion accessories. Among the best sellers are Dassler Tee M white, Adidas Originals’ polo shirt, W Breaker Powerblu zip hood, and Adidas Trefoil shirts. Aside from an interesting lineup of products and strong marketing schemes, Adidas Originals also prioritize the roll up of its Originals Concept Stores, which are now actively into expanding the line’s foray globally. Full-fledged and mini-stores are operating in select and strategic sites in the United Kingdom,  New mercurial vapor superfly 2012  the United States, Ireland, Japan, Sweden, England, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Brazil. The advertising campaigns are in line with the ones launched by Adidas decades ago. Football stars, skateboarders, basketball players, and style icons are all tapped to take part in various Adidas Originals promotional ads to lure attention. The ads clearly highlight Adidas Originals’ brand strength as a lifestyle branch of no less than Adidas. Originals intend to highlight its history as well and convey a plot of the significant cultural movements that have influenced the brand from the time of its inception to this day. Indeed, Adidas’ legacy would live on as a heritage through Adidas. Brazilian Swimwear lines have worked to offer what CAVUSGIL and ZOU have mentioned as some characteristics that the product needs to have to better perform when it is exported.
Fashion girl
The product needs to be unique, it needs to have some cultural characteristic related to its country of origin, it has to technically suit all import requisites and it has to have some export market competitiveness. For the Brazilian lines, it is very hard to compete with the lines made in China that represent over 25% of the world's unit swimwear capacity.[13]. In addition to that, China offers competitive prices and the swimwear pieces are made with high technology machines. Brazilians are trying to differentiate by customizing its lines. Considering that China work with a lot of different markets it is hard for them to suit each individual country or order specification, Brazil exports less and can give higher attention to some pre established customer specifications. After the analysis of the four marketing elements of the marketing mix, Impression Showroom concluded that the showroom and the Brazilian swimwear companies represented have been doing a great work related to the product offered, its price and promotion. KOTLER in his Marketing Management book has stated that the marketing mix decisions must be made to influence the trade channels as well as the final consumers.
Hot Model
When talking about place, it is necessary to state that Impression Showroom is facing difficulties to promote the Brazilian swimwear lines in the proper place with the appropriate attention to details due to a lack of an office closer to the right customers. Impression Showroom's only office is in New York City and it would be helpful to open a second office closer to its west coast customers. Impression Showroom has made a commitment to represent the Brazilian lines carried all around the United States through the offer of its different services. However, the showroom believes that is not doing a good job communicating with its customers from the west coast through the New York City office. Communication is being made by email, telephone and sporadic business trips. Its goal to keep a close relationship with its clients by providing excellent service requires a higher attention.

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Fashion in Dubai

Fashion is large term it includes another world inside it. With the introduction of fast technique of communication like internet. Arabian males and ladies are fashion enthusiast. This is often recognized by knowing the truth that every year fashion shows are locked in major metropolitan areas of Arab like Karachi Week, Arab fashion week, Lahore Fashion Week, Islamabad Fashion Week and Sunsilk Fashion Week. Arabian designers is one the planet gifted designers of these personas are Amir Bilal, Asim Jofa, Deepak Perwani, Sana Safinaz, Fiza Signature, HSY, Maria B, SobiaNazir and Nomi Ansari. Arab has so for created many famous models like Aamir, Abdullah Ejaz, Aijaaz Aslam, Ali Zafar, Amina Shafaat, Amina Sheikh and much more.Photography is indispensible to fashion and a few of the popular photography enthusiasts are Ahmed Jalbani, Amean J, Arsalan K, Ather Shehzad along with a lengthy listing of other. Stylist, which gave the Arabian fashion a distinction are Kirran Suhail, Mona J Salon, Nabila, Change, Obaira Ghafur and so forth.Many trends are thriving in Arab culture. Some kids are inspired by western trends another are fan of traditional values and trend. In a nutshell, you will see a culture add Arab. This Year, a tournament occured in the Pearson Convention Center in Toronto, Canada, for giving the title of Miss Arab to the contestant. Regarding, the field of fashion a number of other occasions will also be held videos can be found around as Sunsilk fashion show, PFDC sunslik shows, PSA show and lots of other.“The X-Pro1 was a huge hit at the CES 2012 earlier this year bagging several awards. It is now our flagship model and we wish to create a strong campaign to showcase its innovative technology and vast capabilities to customers,” said Keitaro So, General Manager, Fujifilm Electronics Imaging Division, MENA.” Fujifilm has partnered with AUD, a highly reputed university here in Dubai and we have been presented excellent work from the students enrolled in the advertising course. It was extremely interesting to get the perspective of these creative students and in turn it has given them hands-on experience working with a multinational brand.” The winners were selected by the Fujifilm team along with the AUD faculty. The team which exhibited the best overall campaign was to be awarded the Fujifilm XP20 shockproof camera and have their campaign integrated with the national scale marketing campaign.Dr. Sara Kamal, Assistant Professor of Marketing Communications said, “I am a big advocate of co-operative education projects which bridge the gap between theory and practice.
 The students and I are excited to be entrusted with such an interesting initiative which showcases the students’ talents and approach to communications problem solving. This collaboration allowed students to apply their knowledge in MCOM and creative strategy towards an exciting product. I am delighted that the team at Fujifilm enjoyed the new perspective and ideas brought forth by our student teams.”With Dubai now firmly entrenched in the mindscape of the swish set, its fashion scene has become more mature and cosmopolitan .Unlike the fashion industry in London and Paris; Dubai’s fashion industry does not have a distinct identity of its own. In Paris, you will witness the finest couture collections while in London you get to see open -minded creativity at its best visible in its funky street wear. These distinct identities   lend a clear purpose and focus to the fashion weeks conducted in these places. However, in Dubai, the fashion   scene is radically different as it caters to buyers from a cross section of cultures with vastly different tastes and preferences.
According to research from IIR Middle East, the UAE wedding industry is booming, as couples put together bigger guest lists and spend more on making their big day one to remember, especially by splashing out on wedding dresses and jewelers. A survey of visitors to The Bride Show Dubai, the hugely successful event held at the end of April, showed that, despite the soaring cost of living and inflation, more than a third (34 per cent) would spend between AED100,000 and AED250,000 on their big day, up from 26 per cent in 2007.As many as 24 per cent will spend between AED250,000 and AED500,000, compared with only 11 per cent last year. And perhaps most startling, 19 per cent of visitors questioned will spend more than half a million dirhams on their nuptuals, compared with 9 per cent in 2007.Weddings in the UAE are traditionally lavish, opulent events, spanning many days, and the trend is to invite even more relatives and friends. Forty three per cent of The Bride Show visitors surveyed will invite 500 to 750 guests, compared with 19 per cent last year, while 20 per cent will invite more than 750 guests.Putting the figures into perspective, the average cost of a wedding in the USA stands at AED100,613 (US$27,490), with 167 guests invited . An American couple is likely to spend around AED3,718 on wedding rings, while 43 per cent of couples in the UAE will fork out between AED20,000 to AED50,000 on jewellery, and 21 per cent will spend more than AED100,000.Dubai is a well known emirate in the United Arab Emirates. It has over 1, 3 million residents but most of these people are expatriates. It is a second largest emirate in the United Arab Emirates and it is a leader in the fields of finance and tourism. Being a famous touristic destination Dubai gets a visit from a large numbers of tourists every season.
Arabian Dress
Arabian Model
One of the most popular pass time of these tourist, especially the women, is shopping in Dubai. It is world famous for tax free shopping. Beside the gold and diamond jewelry there are a lot of merchandise which are tax free so we can get pretty good prices. The good prices and the high frequency of people Dubai evolved to be the fashion center of the Middle East. Dubai fashion is very important both to the tourist and retail shops too. Every major fashion brand has a representative retail shop in Dubai. These shops can be found throughout the city but most of them can be located in the shopping malls. If you are looking for sexy lingerie and underwear, you can buy them in Dubai too. Beauty is cry during the day especially women tend to be more passionate in this way. Ideas can offer you simple to use and economical beauty advice. These pointers are by means of home Health spa, which is freed from investing your hard-gained money. We’re here also showing style strategies for you, look trendier, use and selection of cosmetics, eye care, nails decoration, skin and hair care. One cannot overlook wedding styles and sweetness tips like Mehndi designs.Existence Style may be the way which endures and stylist tidy individuals are loved everywhere. For wise out look, you need to acquire our guidance of fitness and well-being. Aside from bodily style and fitness, we ought to also take proper care of our surroundings like home dcor. Oh! Lest we ought to ignore food, meals are indispensible for physical fitness. Baby women or choosing, booth ought to be spoiled alike but nonetheless we want proper guidance. Here i am with raising a child tips.2009 the grand finale of the Dubai Fashion Week (DFW) was conducted at the Madinat Jumeirah Arena Ballroom under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Hind Bin Maktoum Bin Juma Al Maktoum – wife of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice-President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai. The central   theme of the show was   decidedly African with composer Ladysmith Black Mambazo’s voice playing in the background as models sashayed down the ramp to the beat of   pulsating African music. The star attraction of the show was the collection showcased by    high -end   multi-brand retailer Etoile La Boutique which captivated the audience with its exciting range of trendsetting creations. If you missed the action last time around, don’t despair, the event will be back next year with more fun and excitement in store. Call your travel agent to  book an exciting  holiday  deal to Dubai  for  your  next holiday which should coincide with the DFW or else you will miss out on the fun again. Commenting upon the current fashion scenario in Dubai most designers felt that a lot more could be done to promote local design studios and the event should get more   comprehensive coverage in the international press. In retrospect, it seems surprising as to how Dubai’s famed PR machinery did not get   its act   together in DFW 2009 to get the event the visibility it deserved. Hopefully, they will do a better job at the Dubai Fashion Week 2010.
Arabian Grail
The Bride Show Dubai survey also showed that almost a third (29 per cent) of brides-to-be will pay between AED20,000-AED30,000 for their wedding dress, up from 21 per cent last year. As many as 20 per cent will splash out between AED30,000-50,000, and 17 per cent will pay more than AED50,000, against just 8 per cent in 2007.The largest bridal exhibition in the region experienced its most successful year yet, welcoming more than 30,000 visitors. Visitors flocked to take in the weird and wonderful – fake nails made from gold and platinum, glittered with diamonds – sitting alongside the more traditional and elegant such as the fashion creations from Elie Saab, Ungaro and Valentino flown in from Europe."Our exhibitors reported strong sales from Dubai, and its sister show in Abu Dhabi in February," said Daphne Cota, Exhibition Manager for The Bride Show. "This research is incredibly welcoming but surprising given the state of the global economy. It goes to show that once again, Dubai, and the UAE as a whole, is bucking the trend, emerging as a market leader in one of the most lucrative industries in the world."The four-day extravaganza in Dubai hosted the largest fashion event in the UAE, the only event of its kind open to the public, with more than 20 fashion shows from renowned design houses such as Manish Malhotra, Salma Khan and Rahmanian Haute Couture. Rapturous applause echoed around the Dubai International Exhibition Centre as the latest collections were sashayed down the catwalk for Amato, Tijan Trading and Swarovski Middle East.Exhibitors at The Bride Show Abu Dhabi and The Bride Show Dubai welcomed high footfall and strong sales as brides-to-be, friends and family splashed their cash on high end purchases such as diamonds, flowers and wellbeing spa packages. The clothes and other accessories can be found on the markets too. Here we can find cheaper prices but we can not be sure of the authenticity of the presented merchandise. Interesting thing is that on the markets haggle is more then welcomed so we can try to lower the prices of the goods.
Dubai is a leader of the Middle East region in more than one way. As for shopping it offers unmatched opportunities to the people who like to shop.
Of course the majority of shoppers are females but there are a lot of quality merchandise to men too. The city itself is a center for fashion and every designer who has a certain prestige must open a boutique or retail store in Dubai. In Dubai fashion we can separate two kinds of offer : the one is high class fashion for tourists and the second one is the traditional style clothes.The tourists who come to shop to the Emirates experience the presence of Dubai fashion mostly in the malls. The existence of malls really makes sense in Dubai because the streets are too hot during the day to walk around. In the malls everything is air conditioned and we can comfortably enjoy our shopping. But we must be careful to bring some extra clothes to the malls, because the temperatures can be really cold sometimes. Especially if we decide to watch a movie in one of the malls theaters we must be prepared for a much cooler weather. The competition began on 28th March 2012 with an introduction to Fujifilm and the X-Pro1 where students were inducted to the Fujifilm brand and the unique selling points of the camera.
 They also got to test out the camera around the university campus giving them the experience of actually using the X-Pro1 to understand it better. 
Students were then asked to create a detailed campaign to promote the camera involving mass media tools such as advertising, public relations and social media. They were allowed to select any or all of these tools for their overall campaign working within a fixed budget of AED 1,000,000. Additionally, a core component was the campaign slogan which had to resonate the key message. The competition concluded on 17th April 2012 at which point the winners were announced. The winning team consisted of Lama Abdelqade, Salma Hussein, Sarah Kammoun and Zaha Sadek who created an outstanding campaign focused on the interchangeable lenses of the X-Pro1. They were each awarded the Fujifilm XP20 as a prize and offered an internship at Fujifilm as recognition for their efforts. There were 25 dresses displayed from Akl Fakih’s clothing line which also included the debuting of the new men’s wear collection. Contrary to his modern finish, local designer, Fatima Al Kaabi went ethnic by displaying 22 flamboyant abayas from her most recent collection.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Chinese Fashion

Some people think that the traditional means old-fashioned, outdated. Some people think that tradition is a classic and should be completely retained its "genuine" and not the slightest deviation. Both views are too extreme. In fact, the spirit of tradition from generation to generation, system, customs and art. Tradition in the history of evolution is not static but a dynamic process of development. Throughout history is not difficult to draw, always learn a new era of nutrition after the old world to grow up. The rapid development of modern economy, it also will accelerate the pace of life. Various cultural phenomena are also frequently experience update all aspects of society have been short, flat, fast paced rule. The traditional culture in this environment has manifested its not bad though durable unique temperament.
The reasons are because of the culture, "fast food" of today, people calm down from the post-impulsive finally realized that the time to sharpen the cultural stand the real meaning of culture.Cover a wide range of cultures. Among them, works of art in contemporary culture, whether in history or in social life, occupies an important position, and become an important outcome of the human spiritual component. Set within the painting as a process in a variety of art, in all kinds of art occupies a very special place. People within the painting from ancient instruments used in taking snuff - snuff bottle. Although the exotic snuff, but its prevalence in China, but rise to a unique world within the painting Snuff Bottle Art. Today, the status of snuff have lost past, but in painting it all the more vibrant up. Since there has only 400 years, snuff bottles, which five years down the history of our country is not too long, but compared to some other skills have been lost, but show it within the painting very strong vitality. All this is inseparable from a person - Contemporary Chinese art master, leading authority inner painting master Wang Xi III. Late Qing Dynasty, there have been four people inside the painting, which art history at the time reached an artistic peak period. Today they form a Beijing, Hebei, Shandong, Guangdong and the four major factions, each faction on their own merits, including painting techniques.
The only exception led by Master Wang Xi-three inner painting, not only the number of employees, and the formation of a 1 billion yuan annual output value of cultural industries. This implies a small snuff-box in what kind of artistic charm, with the result that it was Chinese and foreign art lovers to like? Wang Xi-3 in the late fifties contacts in painting and studied under one of four within the painting three of the cotyledon leaf Chung Feng-Qi, Ye Xiaofeng, two veteran artists are the true mass, since it is within the painting into the art. Wang Xi-3 did not blindly imitate previous techniques and conservative, by contrast, was the old master artists continue to explore techniques based on demand innovation. Over time, his snuff-box production, improved drawing tools, painting techniques, painting, creative works and have had a bold attempt, and succeed, as in painting laid a good foundation. Especially in the work of his creation, breaking stereotypes, creating a series of works drawn first of its kind, to further enhance the artistic value of the inner Painting and collection. Along with his work as more people continue to be accepted by his honor at home and abroad have followed. But he did not meet one person's accomplishments, but was widely received disciples, as identified in the development of new painting heritage. The late sixties to early eighties, Wang Xi-three were enrolled in four groups of disciples, a total of four dozen of them. Thus, inner painting has been issued by the scale.
Chinese Dress
This not only gives an artist's noble character, it is a man of dedication from the heart of the national culture. There is such a smashing art master, we inner painting very fortunate, very fortunate culture! Wing faction formed in the very disciples of Master Wang Xi-3 efforts, the wing faction continued to expand, has become the most unique cultural industries of Hebei. Three of the eldest son of Wang Xi Wang 3 under the influence of his father, his childhood began to learn painting skills in not only mastered the art of the essence of his father, a better understanding of his father painting the art of internal infatuated love and attachment. As his father grew older, many things can no longer hands-on, the king's hand gradually took over from his father inner painting the banner. How to make art within the social development to adapt to the times of today, as the king's hand placed in front of a historical problem. Wang 3 and have not overcome by them, but rose to the challenge, relying on the attachment to this art and young people fighting spirit, he soon found a suitable new way for development within the painting. In the repeated market research combined with the other works of art of successful marketing operation case, the king has three decided to build one within the painting museum, through this way to make the public more awareness within the painting the art, to understand within the painting's past and present, recognition within the painting artistic value, to show off with.
This is not only able to promote within the painting provides a solid position, better able to adapt to market needs within the painting, the painting's development within a long-term strategy to seek to. In order to build the museum, Wang Xi-three father and son have made great sacrifices. Not only sold the beloved antiques, even brought their own precious works to get bank mortgages. God rewards the diligent, hard work and in his father care for the encouragement of the government parties, the museum was finally completed. The library not only become the leading art museum within, but also the world's only one theme within the art museum. Sell it to visit the drive to win market quality. The spirit of "practical art, real art supplies," business philosophy, constantly forging ahead, developing a series of lives, inside painting products, so that the art within the art closer to people's lives. You know, this thing is absolutely not wear board lovers to wear out. Although the shape of a lovers can people see it, but it can not highlight their taste, so that the board in this matter is not completely worn out to wear lovers, but there are echoes of each other with the same time can have their own characteristics. Today small brought to England in one location are basically on the shape of the wind-based board, so you break the stereotypes, the more range of street children. Emulsion and olive oil is the best skin care portfolio mix, which can makeup, skin care can also be used as usual.
Chinese Beauty
Cleansing is the olive oil onto a cotton pad, then a little lotion, lip can easily removable eyes, olive oil can dissolve dirt and makeup, and a little lotion will not allow pads to the skin caused by pulling feeling. The amount of olive oil added to the emulsion, the mixture of massage, both to add moisture, and can supply oil. In addition, also, and coarse salt mixed with the body scrub. Use make-up water immediately after applying the cream, then it would be difficult to absorb. If first applying lotion, you can quickly apply the lotion before integration, the formation of the face oily protective film, while making the skin texture can be adjusted. On this basis, apply beauty lotion, cream, or re-apply make-up water, absorption will be doubled. This is only the emulsion can be done, because its structure and sebum membrane is very similar, with excellent skin-effect, and the lotion to penetrate the hardened skin, but also promote natural skin peel, and further accelerate the absorption. The existence of any culture are inseparable from the social approval, any development of a culture can not be separated with the times. Only traditional culture combining with the characteristics of the times in order to radiate vitality, to achieve its irreplaceable value to the public recognition and love, to inspire their unique market potential. Wang Xi-three father and son is in love master the art within the art based on, and to complete the transformation from traditional to modern, artistic and practical realization of the combination of tastes and needs to resolve the conflict, and finally to draw closer to us within life. Wang Xi III made his son's achievements in all its fully proven, traditional techniques have their own unique cultural background and artistic charm, will not easily be abandoned by the times. On the contrary, only the traditional development techniques to adapt to the times, and will surely become a new fashion. A former Gucci Manager at Beijing’s office admitted that the mistreatment of employees commonly occurs in mainland stores.
But these problems are not associated with the brand, but instead with the mismanagement of Gucci’s China branch. Gucci China says that it is currently investigating the claims and will deal with the problems as soon as possible. But reportedly, Gucci’s HR has already refused the employee’s salary money in arrears because the two sides cannot agree how to calculate the overtime pay. This has led the employees to seek labor arbitration against Gucci, with each employee demanding an average of 100,000 yuan, or $15,550, for overtime wages for the past two years. Lin Xinqi, a professor at the School of Labor and Human Resources at Renmin University says that labor disputes have increase with China’s booming economy. In the past few years, there already have been several unfair employment related uprisings in China. Just earlier this year, Apple was accused by dozens of Chinese environmental groups for neglecting safety standards and labor abuses among its mainland subcontractors. If not dealt with properly, this predicament can pose as a threat to Gucci’s image in China. This situation offers an interesting insight into luxury’s labor challenge. Many luxury brands claim that they face a lot of difficultly when it comes to hiring suitable managers and associates. Luxury brands are expanding rapidly in China, but they need to keep in mind the quality of their services and the way they treat and manage their employees. It’s a basic management principle that if employees are happy with the way they are treated and managed at work, they in turn will perform better and serve customers better. Content employees will also decrease the rate of employee turnover, which would save companies the time, trouble, and money of the hiring process. And in China, foreign brands must remember to consider the culture and social differences when managing their workers. In Asia, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and other countries of the museum, most have a collection of Chinese snuff bottles. Jerusalem in Palestine, Lebanon, Beirut, Damascus and other Syrian cities, you can also find a collection of Chinese snuff bottles artists. In Europe, the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, Madrid, Spain, Italy, Florence, Milan, Turin, Rome and other cities of the museum collection of Chinese snuff bottles.
Chinese Traditional Dress
Chinese snuff bottles in the 17th century by commercial shipping to France, the others being the palace collection, some were high noble acquisition. June 1982, the French also organized the Chinese Snuff Bottle Exhibition in Paris, more than 250 treasures on display. Which depicts ancient Chinese children's hide and seek, gongs, umbrellas and other activities of Fen Caici scenarios "children's play map" snuff bottle, a 30 year Guangxu (1905) three-leaf Chung created "goldfish" made crystal pot in painting , there is an imitation of the Spanish silver round jade snuff bottle, according to research which is approximately the late 18th or early 19th century works. Hamburg, Germany Museum of Qing Dynasty snuff bottle during nesting. The "Zodiac" snuff bottles, 10.5 cm high, in the lotus root is decorated with a red background on the pattern, colorful, very cute style.In the Americas, many fans and collectors of Chinese snuff bottles. Canada, White, Hines and others have many snuff bottle collection. White missionary in China, love Chinese art. The collection has a Ma Shaoxuan in the Qing Dynasty, (1903) Creation of "calligraphy" in painting pots, high artistic value. Hines is a painter, never been to China. In 1927 he was a friend's house to see the Chinese snuff bottles, along the public have a keen interest in collecting Chinese snuff bottles to start a career. According to statistics, about his collection of more than 50 pieces of Chinese snuff bottles, including cloisonne, coral, bloodstone, jade, porcelain, silver and other material, there are three Mongolian snuff bottle. In 1938, he turned into a "collection of Chinese snuff bottles album. "Mrs. Smith of the United States very well-known overseas Chinese snuff bottle collectors. Her collection of Chinese snuff bottles, species rich, including jasper, agate, amethyst, carved lacquer, glass, porcelain, rhino horn and other material.
Some pot in painting, the painting subjects are very broad, with landscapes, figures, flowers, birds, animals and other designs, production years, from the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong, Jiaqing, Daoguang until the dynasty years. In 1913, she compiled the "Catalogue of Ancient Chinese snuff bottle collection," a book by a scholar on Chinese snuff bottles Fair wrote the preface and notes, a collection of her collection of 471 Chinese snuff bottles. American collectors of Chinese snuff bottles there are many, such as Perry, his wife, Dr. Kamu Man, Ms. Meyer, Mr. Odell, etc.. Mrs. Perry "China snuff bottles - collectors of learning and adventure," a book known. Kamu Man in New York in 1982, Dr special display of his personal collection. Ms. Meyer is a research scholar of Chinese snuff bottles, in New York in 1979 exhibited some of her collection. Mr. Odell was in November 1968 created the International Association of Chinese Snuff Bottle. Five former employees at the Gucci Store in Guangdong Province have just fired accusations at the company over inhuman working conditions. In an open letter, the employees disclosed that the company imposed about 100 regulations on employee behavior. Many of these rules were considered harsh and inappropriate.
For example, associates were required to ask permission before getting a drink or using the toilet, and they were not allowed to spend more than five minutes in the restroom. The employees also protested about working long hours without pay. Associates had to stand for more than 14 hours a day. After 12 hours of customer service, the employees still had to stay behind to take inventory. This even applied to pregnant employees, which eventually lead two employees to have abortions and leave without compensation. Other employees developed occupational diseases, such as stomach and urinary illnesses, from these working conditions. The employees also never received their discount cards because they were told my management that they would be too poor to afford the merchandise anyway. Not long ago, in Shijiazhuang plaque everywhere, commercial heart of Zhongshan West Road, a rather artistic temperament of the dark gray building unveiled, appeared in people's Perspective. This is the theater floor by the people study the reconstruction of Hebei Shijiazhuang, three museums and within the painting folk art museum. In people's memory, the people of theater is an old and famous city theater, built by the Japanese in 1940, was named "Shihmen theater" to show the main Japanese film. 1947, Shihmen liberation, people's government took over the theater was renamed the "People's Hall." August 7, 1948, North Provisional People's Congress opening ceremony held here, Comrade Deng Xiaoping, the first secretary of the CPC Central Plains Bureau participated in the meeting, and at the opening ceremony and delivered speeches. In 1956, the people renamed the People's Hall theater. Theater floor in 1973 and rebuilt from the original layer to layer, then in 20 years time, the people of cinema in the capital can be said is that people's first choice for entertainment, film market is booming and every good film release, viewers flooded.
With its strategic location and good business reputation, the people of cinema box office revenue has been the whole province, and was awarded the Department of National Radio and Television "show advanced unit" by the Provincial Department of Culture named "theater of civilization", many times was named "advanced unit in the province cinema system.” But with the opening of the cultural market, diversified forms of entertainment to be a huge impact on film development. The original people of theater manager, now Shijiazhuang folk art museum An Shengxia recalled, 1997, the film began a decline that began more than cinema hall, old people's theater because the facilities, keep up the development of modern films, box-office more and more depression. The worst time is only tens of dollars a day the box office. Particular theater is made of wood structure, there are significant security risk, because disrepair over the years has been listed as key units of fire hazards in urgent need of reconstruction and transformation. Can not afford to build their own theater. In 2006, the provincial leadership's support, they began to come to the capital for the development of painting art Hengshui Xi III Limited access, eventually entered into a collaboration, building arts and crafts museum. Give up the film to do folk art, workers face a transition problem, such a strange area, theater leadership mind somewhat perturbed.
A Shengxia said, we have to do half my life on film, and the film has a puzzling love, this time not to do a film, really reluctant to part with some. However, this is the reality! In order to develop and better survival, we must change our concepts, learning and progress. Private capital into state-owned cultural facilities and to seek development of Wang Ziyong Shijiazhuang is the inner painting three of the eldest son of the founder Wang Xi. If the father will snuff bottle painting art open cases within the established school, gained world renown. Wang Ziyong industry in the development of folk art won success.As inner painting art of second-generation successors, Wang Ziyong inner painting is the first system to accept the University of Fine Arts education. He created the study III Painting Co., Ltd. was named the top ten cultural enterprises in Hebei Province, is the third installment of the Ministry of Culture as a national demonstration bases of cultural industries, "Xi III" trademark was awarded Famous Brand of Hebei. In 2003, he break through conventional thinking, loans, built in the township of domestic painting art exhibition gallery, has developed more than 50 kinds of inside painting products, achievement of a new cultural industry.
Now, he built in the provincial capital Shijiazhuang, Hebei Xi III art museum, for the development of inner painting built a bigger stage. Wang Ziyong said, Hengshui in painting called "wing faction", it should be out of Hengshui, Hebei entered, then the country, all over the world. In fact, not only in painting, the other in Hebei Province as well as the country's folk art products have it should be. Need to go out with a platform. Within the art museum built in Shijiazhuang is the best platform he chooses. According to the plan, Museum Exhibition and sale of the first floor hall and room for sharing, will focus on the second floor within a painting show art, from Smoking, smoking materials, to have details of the types of snuff bottles, but also a lot of snuff bottle collection. Master Wang Xi-3 in particular, as the inner painting of the founder, will be here with personal boutique showroom.






Friday, March 23, 2012

American Fashion

America is one of the leading countries of the world. As like the other sector fashion sector is also lead by America. The structure of total fashion business comprises of key players in European and US market and after that their subsidiaries or partners in other markets of the earth. The worldwide fashion industry can be partitioned in two parts, multinational players and domestic players. Through the increased globalization, more and more companies are entering the global fashion trade.Fashion industry of the world is more than $2 trillion. Only some established markets are France and United Kingdom, US, Italy and so on. Fashion business is also entering in UAE. The major fashion constituents of global fashion industry are hair styling, clothing, and footwear and so on. The international Islamic fashion trade is predictable to be of price more than $96 billion.Celebration of the commission of Fashion Designers of America 50th anniversary, The Museum at FIT hosts blows 50 Years of the CFDA. The display honors its more than 400 members, which consists of America’s foremost women swear, menswear, jewelry and accessories designers.
There are just about 100 garments and accessories presented that are thought to be the majority impact of the previous five decades. Founded in 1962 by publicist Eleanor Lambert and 20 leading American fashion designers of the period, the CFDA is currently lead by designer Diane von Furstenberg. The association has set forth to promote fashion design in the United States and helped make a platform to recognize the individual creative ability in the label dominated industry. In addition to behind talent, the CFDA also supports the fashion industry in other ways. For example, its collaboration with Vogue magazine titled, 7th on Sale, is a yearly sample sale to benefit New York City AIDS Fund; and its partnership with eBay, You Can’t Fake Fashion takes a position against counterfeiting.“Girl Model” comes on two months after The Council of Fashion Designers of America issued strategy in hopes of regulating age standards in the trade. The mission report on their Web site reads: “Support the well-being of younger individuals by not hiring models under the age of sixteen for runway shows; not allowing models under the age of eighteen to work past midnight at fittings or shoots; and providing regular breaks and rest.” Still, it is a designer’s option what model he or she uses. Throughout New York Fashion Week in February, Eric Wilson reported that Marc Jacobs hired a 14- and 15-year-old for his fall 2012 runway show.At the screening were representatives from Models Alliance, an advocacy group that aims to create better working conditions for models. Ms. Sabin said she hopes that organizations can use the film as a tool to create regulation, “or at least have a conversation about why there is such a lack of transparency in a marketplace that is predominantly young women.” The Muslim population of on globe is more than 1 billion. The current Arabic population is very much modern than the traditional one. 
AMERICAN FABULOUS DRESS

The youthful generation is found of wearing recent clothes and attires. Even talking about the usual clothing, the nation has shown new period of fashion in Arabic clothing too. This is evidenced by Arabic fashion week and lots of Arabic attire launch by most of the big brands present round the globe. Thus market for Islamic fashion industry is huge in the world. The western fashion industry is also great and is preexisting in most countries of Europe and North America. This big player includes European countries mainly.“America was built on what America has built. So, I think it’s really sad that our manufacturing resources in New York’s garment district are no longer of convenience. Everything is practically invisible now. They’ve forced everybody out! If Americans start supporting more US made products it would bring back jobs and put a lot of food on a lot of American people’s tables. Ya know, I’m really not very political, though I do make sure I go out to vote. And I do believe in President Obama’s efforts”.Mr. Says literally has a patriotic frame of mind, as displayed by the leggy models that cascade onto the runway. Each model steps through a ten foot silver frame before presenting garments that reflect old glory. Small collection of red, white and blue dresses complete with stars and stripes open the Douglas Says presentation.”I’m patriotic about my country and I was inspired by President Barack Obama’s comments during his State of the Union Address. Obama said, “We need to out innovate, out educate and out build the rest of the world”. Our President is demanding a tall order from us all. So I’ve adopted the “Made in America” mission as my mission. My humble beginnings started in the African-American community where fashion and accessories have always been iconic products. So, what is a better chance for fashion enthusiast to communicate American patriotism than to wear our colors with fashions made in America?
AMERICAN BEAUTY

 Fashion in industry in any country on the globe is very competitive. The threat of new entrant varies with country to country. European market is saturated one with less chance of new entrants. UAE is a new market and most of the players in the company are not more than 5-6 years old. On an average, the per capita earnings of people on world has increased to a important extant.
Due to high latent in the business and high per capita profits, the global fashion industry is attracting more and more players with it rapid development. Thus, the risk of new entrant is high. 2012 is a year steeped with political rhetoric. Politicians are claiming this, declaring that, blaming each other while requesting more from us. Yet underneath all the fuss is just us. Your every day Americans… who are waiting on a political promise of more jobs that are made in America. Well, one soft-spoken American expressed without words, a vision to do something about it! Designer Douglas Says presented his Fall 2012 fashions with his opening theme displaying patriotic fashions.  In the spirit of Old Glory, Fashion Designer Douglas Says… FASHIONS MADE IN AMERICA! Among the designers featured in the exhibition include Geoffrey Beene, Bill Blass, Thom Browne, Tom Ford, Diane von Furstenberg, James Galanos, Marc Jacobs, Norma Kamali, Donna Karan, Calvin Klein, Michael Kors, Ralph Lauren, Traina-Norell, Oscar de la Renta, Proenza Schouler and Isabel Toledo, to name a few. The exhibit is separated into two rooms in the lower level of the museum, which clearly delineates a contrast in format. A dimly lit entrance focuses on accessories and technology.  From hats, purses to iPads, the history of the CFDA is presented with an interactive timeline, slideshow and A-Z designer directory. In the main room, which is extra gallery-like in feel, is organized thematically to showcase the wide range of American originality.
With a floor to ceiling show of the top looks of our occasion. The outfitted mannequins are installed in a grid-like range of functional sportswear, couture-like evening wear to simple dresses. Also on view is the embroidered silk dress worn by Michelle Obama on election night 2008 from Narciso Rodriguez’s Spring 2009 collection. this was fabric that literally sat in the fabric store window for years. I purchased it for another purpose, to use as muslin. Then I had the idea of creating a couple of junior pieces with it and call it “The President’s Wife” to use in a pictorial photo series. I traditionally create with jersey knit, not cotton. I use jersey knits to create stylish fashions for the everyday woman. Jersey knits are luxurious as it barely grazes your curves. One secret I’ll offer about jersey knit garments is that it works fabulous as a travel collection because it’s practically wrinkle free. It’s an American made fabric that is known for its comfort and fit. Most Designers find it difficult to work with, but I’m right at home with jersey knit fabric. I also design for full-figured women and I’ve titled that collection “Plus-U”. One of my goals is to try to remove old taboos about stretch fabrics like jersey knits. There is a notion that knits are unkind to full-figured body types. Similar to everything else, the fabric just has to be tradition cut with your body in mind! I’m totally aware that actual women have curves. 
AMERICAN MODEL

We Designers need to admit that fact and lend a helping offer in complimenting those curves. It’s unnecessary to hide from view, deny or flat out ignore your figure! So I’m finally intelligent to answer those calls… which have become full shout-outs! As a Designer I can’t pretend not to hear or see customer’s request for stylish plus size fashions. I’m always educating myself about my customer’s need, as well as learning what possible innovations I can apply using US made fabrics to meet these needs. These women can enjoy quality and style that’s American made”! Explains Says. Fashion designer Douglas Says is presenting women with two gifts; his patriotic flair, and his signature style… without compromising comfort. All found in a product-line that’s made in American.Local retail outlets 27th Century Boutique and Marion’s Fashions presented stock showcases on either side of the Regina Q collection, which gave the event a bit of an amateur feel. The clothes were fine, and the models were good, but the idea of an international fashion excursion kind of makes boutique stock showcases passé. Perhaps these were added late to accommodate the unmentioned no-show of Theo Sealy from the Bahamas. In any event, the hype surrounding this show was deflated considerably by the community centre style shop showcases.The next actual designer to show was Bermuda’s own Shay Ford. Shay presented a small but cute collection of summer wear that was clearly inspired by the eccentricities of a Bermuda summer. Print swim trunks, gregarious drawstring skirts and bright, glossy prints dominated this sunny modest collection, giving the pint-sized limited designer a decidedly imposing seminal showing.
The final and biggest collection to show was from the New York City-based designer Thomas Lavonne. Guest model Kamela, from the Bahamas, stole the show in a dazzling silver sparkling gown during this portion of the reveal. Other standout designs included a red ‘leaf’ dress, various sequined delights, and a plethora of flowing print dresses in bold colors with subtle, nuanced cuts.The consumer's opinion now a day's on major countries changes with very rapidly with the advancement in technology and reduction of informational distances. Any new technological innovation leads to launch of new company coming out with new products and thus increasing the extent of the competition. (Over 160 top international fashion brands to showcase at Prestige)It is not that only clothing industry has good number of competitors or has risk of new entrants, talking about hair stylists, in past 5 years, the international community would have witnessed a great number of new brands in this industry too. One more trend in international fashion business which makes it more attractive for new players is the development of international Arabic fashion business.
The Muslim people in countries like UK and France is key driver of this fashion hemisphere. at present what is becoming fashionable is that international brands are opening their manufacturing stores in a single nation targeting not just the domestic market but also international market for sales. This has resulted in greater scope in the industry and hence more chances of new entrant in the industry. resurfaced as the boss of a modelling agency. As well as heading Vexus Models, Kells is a former designer for Italian fashion label Versace – or he would be if he were real. Vexus was registered as a business in New South Wales on January 31 by Brenton Jarrett. On March 19, ownership of the business was transferred, official documents show, to Ernest Brian Hitchcock. The relationship between the Jarrett and Hitchcock names is a strong one. In March 2010, The Age reported that Brenton Jarrett, whose list of convictions stretches back to the 1990s, had surfaced as”Joshua Hitchcock”. Professing to be the grandson of film director Alfred Hitchcock, Joshua claimed he was about to launch film and television production company Hitchcock Media International with a Melbourne-based remake of the US sitcom Cheers. Except the Cheers remake, HMI and Joshua Hitchcock were all fabrication. The services of the fashion industry comprise of clothing and attires, shoes and make-up goods. These things are never stable and keep on changing with time and changing client preferences.
The clothing style which is popular nowadays may not be the same tomorrow and thus all the companies in fashion business need to be practical sufficient in terms of investment in a particular product. This exacting force of marketing can be understood by the instance of Indian fashion industry. Previously, the Indian culture allowed only some types of cloths for the people, like Khadi cloths. With the growth of financial system and more money in hands of the people, the spending wish and better life style demand give possibility to overall players to enter in the industry and now the nation host most of the total brands like M&S, Koton, Levis, Sun silk, etc. This international fashion not only presented a full set of new variety for the people but also outperformed the pre-existing fashion trends on the world. The similar scenario is always a part of fashion industry which never facilitates a single kind or style. A better always outperformed the obtainable. This highlights the risk of new substitute in the worldwide fashion sector.